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So much learned in 1 year of COVID-19 Mar 17, 2021 | By Jennifer O'Hara (@jenohara)
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@gaylekse

I have viewed every podcast with Drs. Poland and Gazelka in the past year and have so appreciated the unbiased and informative information.

I am on prednisone and Actemra injections which are both immunosuppressants and I have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Can Dr. Poland offer any reassurance for those of us with compromised immune systems and are there antibody tests available to us to determine efficacy of the vaccine?

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rainna | @rainna | Mar 11, 2021

This question about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of Covid vaccines for immuno-suppressed individuals and if it is possible to obtain a useful antibody test is sooooo very important for so many of us. It seems we are advised that there is no information and that we should not get an antibody test but that leaves millions of us unable to determine whether we have any protection from the vaccines (and therefore, whether we should or should not follow CDC guidelines on relaxing our rules of interaction along with "normal" vaccinated people).

Any response to that question would be most valuable!

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